Jewish Community

Feist Strauß, born on December 17, 1834 in Kleinheubach, was the son of teacher Wolff Strauß and Karoline Wolff, née Goldschmidt. After studying at the school teachers' seminary in Würzburg, Feist Strauß taught first at two private posts in Eltville and Geldern and then at the elementary school in Obermoschel. In 1868, he then took up the post of teacher, religion teacher and cantor in Oettingen, where he had been active for many years.

The Jewish community of Lauchheim hired a teacher to take care of religious duties, who was also active as a prayer leader and shochet. Hermann Uhlmann exercised this office from 1859-1900.

Pappenheimer was a teacher at the Jewish school in Lauchheim in the period before 1889. In addition to his teaching activities, he was also active as a prayer leader and shochet in the Jewish community.

1967 counted the community (the city with the entire government district of Osnabrück) only 64 members (25 lived in the city itself).
Despite all the difficulties and the small number of members decided the community to Osnabrück build a synagogue and a community center.